At least once during the week preceding Christmas, we have a pizza. No, it doesn't make any real sense, but for us it's grown into something of a tradition.
For this night's version, I sautéed 10 cloves of minced garlic in EVOO, and added some chopped canned tomatoes... Then a heaping tablespoon of our homemade pesto from the freezer...
http://www.thisoldchef.com/blog.html/pesto_basil_waits_for_no_man/
...some red pepper flakes, and salt. This was left to cool, as was some hot Italian sausage I'd removed from its casing, crumbled, and sautéed. When pizza time arrived...
http://www.thisoldchef.com/blog.html/basic_pizza_dough/
...I formed the crust, topped it with the sauce, then scattered the sausage... and topped it all with a judicious amount of mozzarella and Parmigiano.
Baked it on a very hot stone and kept the Winter Chill away! Pizza: goooood!
